Disposing of the deceased

Chickens are pretty resiliant animals for somethings and extremely fragile for others, especially chicks. I woke up to a dead chick this morning. I promptly picked out a spot under a tree and buried it about 1ft deep.

I'm just wondering how others deal with carcass disposal when that unfortunate circumstance rears its ugly head.

I've never been able to throw animals in the trash. Judeo-Christian religions tend to teach that animals don't have souls, but my personal beliefs differ, and so i always give them a decent burial. I tried dumping animals down an old latrine or just tossing them into the tall grass, and it just never seems right to me and depending on the size of the animal it smells like heck.

when i have chicks in the spring, And one pass's i take post hole diggers and di a 6 inch hole. Its easy and i do it in the woods.But when i had lots of chickens poor at one time , I just tossed them into a hole and put a little dirt on them,like a mass grave.

Religion and death are pretty much linked at the hip especially when it comes to burial rites etc. i couldn't see how i could ask about disposing of the dead without bringing religion into it. Sorry if you feel it was unnecessary.

Cats are buried under beds of flowers, so the flowers can be moved if we move to a new house.

The hamsters we had are buried in the woods, under a cairn of stones. No markers, but also not easy for the neighbohood critters to dig up. If we lose a chicken we've already agreed to the woods cairn idea for peep burial. But luckily we've not had to do that!

I know this sound harsh but all of my burried dead has been dug up, even are dog who was burried at least 4ft deep. I know just walk them far away from the chickens into the woods and place them on the ground. I pray that in the chicken's death it will save another animal from hunger.